CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT saw an
Institute-record seven athletes earn a spot in the National
Football Foundation's (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society. The mark was
the highest in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) and was
tied for eighth among the 74 Division III programs that submitted a
nomination.

Representing the Engineers on the list was Corey Garvey, Will
Gibson, Tony McDonald, Jordan Meenen, Brian Mickle, Zach Rose, and
Alex Rubino. To qualify, an athlete must have been a starter or
significant substitute during his last year of athletic eligibility
and achieved a 3.2 GPA throughout his entire course of study.

Although MIT's inductees received their first accolades from the
NFF, they had previously garnered academic plaudits at the regional
and national levels from a variety of organizations. All seven were
named to the NEFC All-Academic Team while Gibson, Mickle, and Rose
earned spots on the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
Team. Rubino was selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-America First Team, named the Hal Chalmers Scholar-Athlete of
the Year which is presented by the NEFC, and was tabbed by the
Gridiron Club of Greater Boston for the Nils V. "Swede" Nelson
Award.